10 years ago ski hotels consisted of knotted orange pine and chalet-twee styling, plus a scattering of grande dames - the Zermatterhof, The Gstaad Palace, The Carlton in St Moritz - where chandeliers twinkled and the carpets were ankle deep. A kind of hip, modern, and (most crucially) affordable Alpine bolthole seemed a pipe dream. And then of course the world changed and suddenly everything was possible. Jocelyn Sibuet led the charge with Terminal Neige, followed by Les Hôtels d'En Haut (Le Val Thorens, Le Fitz Roy), and here from the well-rooted Tschuggen group, is a brilliant new addition to the mountain scene. The styling is on point - smoked oak parquet floors, aviator egg chairs, an industrial edge softened by thick Aztec blankets and botanical prints - and the price is on point too (for Switzerland…). And while Arosa might not be on the tip of your tongue just yet, the recently installed Urdenbahn Cable car linking it to Lenzerheide means that this is one of the savviest places to ski for 2018.